Tt was an excellent day for racing on Thursday with not too much sun and not too much wind, The Grand Stand was thronged and the Inwn and rails were crowded with enthusiastic spectators—the Indies as enthusiastic as the men—of a really capital day's racing. With one exception there were good fields, false starts were a rare exception, the course was in splendid going order, and several of the finishes wore most exciting. In the Masonic Challenge Cup, for instance, Pluto only won by a neck, by Mr. Meyerink's splendid riding, and there was a dead heat for second and third between Amur and Thistle. But this meetting established one.record. There were twenty-five races altogether, excluding the Champions, and they were won by twenty-five different ponies, so that twenty-five ponies were qualified for the Champions, Fourteen of them going to the post. It was, after a false start, a splendid race, the favourite, Scolsman, only winning by a length in only two seconds over the fastest time fon record. Tt is difficult to recall a more successful meeting all round, and the thanks of the racing men and the public are heartily due to the Judges, the Starters, the Steward, the Clerk of the Course, and the hardworking, ever-courteous, Acting Secretary, Mr. W F. Wingrove, and the Police.
The eight races on Thursday were divided among eight owners, the fortunate ones being Messrs. Maori-Dane, Rinz, Freddy most popular Crawford (another very popular win), Toeg, Clough, McKio ind Gove, and Glendaye. Our old friend Daybreak" named four winners out eight, and also named Tits Bits as'second in the first race, and he came in first.
The Taotai and Mr. Fung Yee, his Seretary, were again present, and the concourse of Chinese round the outer rails and slong the Maloo was larger than ever. The sum that passed through the Pari-Mutuel daring the day was $19,875, the highest dividend being $45 on Glenmore, The
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